Improvement in machines for crimping barrel-hoops



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MARTIN REED, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CRIMPING BARREL-HOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,597, dated May 3, 1864.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARTIN REED, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Barrel-Hoop Roughing and Crimping Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my invention, with the girt B and its two posts and the side D removed, so as to show the relative arrangement of the roughing-cylinder O, self-adjusting traction-roller F, and concave G. Fig. 2 is atop view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

This invention consists in the employment, in hoop-crimping machines, of a revolving cylinder having several rows of Vshort spurs or spikes in its periphery, in combination with a traction or feed roller and a concave or crimper, the two latter being attached to a self-adjusting frame, one end of which is pivoted to the posts of the machine, and tl e other end su] ported by one or more springs; and its object is twofold-viz., to crimp the grain ofthe timber and to roughen the snrfaee of one side of the cut hoop cr splint, so as to cause it to keep its place when applied to the barrel or cask.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

The roughing'cylinder C is mounted in a suitable frame, composed of a base, A, four posts, P, and the side rails or bars, B and B', to which the cylinder is attached by thejournal-boxes b. It may be made of any desired length, and has several rows of sharpened spikes or spurs,which are designed to catch in the hoops and raise the grain, making that side, which is the inside of the hoop, rough, thereby causing it to keep its place when applied to the barrel, the tendency of them to slip ott' having' been found to be quite an objection to cut hoops. The traction or feed roller F is hung in the sides D of the pivoted yielding frame. The former or concave Gr is fixed to the said sides D, and they are pivoted to the rear posts, P, by set-screws e. The sides may be slotted to receive these screws, as seen in Fig. l or the posts may be slotted and thek screws made with a shoulder to rest against the post, and its end allowed to project through and receive a :nut on the outside. By such means this end of the lframe may be raised or lowered, as circumstances may require, it being raised to its present position for thin hoops and lowered for thick ones. The other end of the frame is supported by the spiral springs s, which are provided with steady-pins, a, secured in the base A and passing loosely through the cross-bar h of the frame. The feed-board E of this yielding frame is provided with several notches, c, as seen in Fig. 2, which act as guides to the passing hoops as they are drawn in, causing them to run through at right angles, or nearly so, with the axis of the cylinder.

It may be found necessary to provide a chuteboard, arranged as indicated by the dotted lines d, Fig. 1, to cause the hoops to be discharged at the rear of the machine.

The machine may be driven by the pulley H or by hand, if desired, as it requires -but little power to run it. 1f necessary, the traction-roller F may be belted to the cylinder C or to a countenshaft hung near the axis c of the yielding frame, and that shaft driven from the cylinder 5 or the cylinder and roller may be geared together, so as to retain their relative speed, by means of a spur-Wheel and pinion havinglong teeth, to admit of the necessary changes in the relative distancesof the cylinder and roller caused by the passage of h )ops of different thicknesses. The cylinder O should probably not be more than ten or twelve inches in diameter, so as to effectually crimp the grain of the wood in the hoops, after which they are allowed to straighten, so as to be bundled for transportation. When they are to be used by the cooper, it is only necessary to soak them for a few hours, which renders them perfectly flexible again.

Instead of the spikes or spurs, the periphery of the cylinder C may be luted or corrugated longitudinally, which would produce the same result.

VVhatIclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination of the roughing-cylinder C with the notched feed-board E and feedroller F, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes specified.

MARTIN REED.

Witnesses:

WM. S. LoUGHEoEoUGH, J. L. RE QUA. 

